The Company Established over 80 years ago, this UK leading family-owned business is renown for delivering the finest products and customer service. Role Reporting to the Finance Director and leading a team of twelve across finance, credit control and payroll, you will provide hands-on oversight of all financial controls, reporting and treasury activities. Your mandate is to deliver timely, accurate insight, safeguard cash, strengthen governance and drive continuous improvement across our high-volume manufacturing and distribution environment. Key responsibilities * Financial control & compliance – prepare draft statutory accounts, VAT & HMRC returns, industry/government submissions and manage the year-end audit. * Treasury & credit control – oversee cashflow forecasting, banking relationships, collections and adherence to credit policy. * Management reporting – produce complete monthly management accounts, margin and volume analysis, balance-sheet reconciliations. * Budgeting & forecasting – coordinate annual budgets, re-forecasts and investment appraisals. * Systems & data – own finance system integrity, develop BI dashboards (Power Pivot/Power Query) and support improvement projects. * Leadership – recruit, mentor and develop a multi-disciplinary team, instilling a culture of rigour, service and collaboration. Personal Skills * Fully qualified accountant ACA, ACCA or CIMA. * Minimum 4 years post-qualification experience in a high-volume manufacturing environment, with at least 3 years in a senior lead role managing cross-functional finance teams. * Advanced Excel skills and business-intelligence expertise (Power Pivot / Power Query or similar). * Proven record of system implementation and process improvement. * Outstanding analytical, communication and problem-solving abilities with meticulous attention to detail. * Pragmatic, hands-on leader able to engage at every level of the organisation. For further information, please contact Rhian Mountjoy